Comcast Charges $1000 Per Wiretap

It seems trashing the Fourth Amendment is very profitable: For one company, FISA wiretaps carry a $1K pricetag

Comcast, which is among the nation's largest telecommunication companies, charges $1,000 to install a FISA wiretap and $750 for each additional month authorities want to keep an eye on suspects, according to the company's Handbook for Law Enforcement. Secrecy News obtained the document and published it Monday.

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Let's Look at the Fourth Amendment!

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When quoting the fourth amendment to the constitution, you should quote the whole thing:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

FISA violates that by being a secret court. It is, in fact, a kind of star chamber and is particularly unAmerican. The whole idea behind the fourth amendment is to protect you from arbitrary or politically motivated violations. Three or four unaccountable people say so is no "reasonable" grounds for a search in a real democracy.

It's an open secret that wiretapping has far exceeded the bounds of FISA charade. The phones of newsmen have been tapped and other intercepts have been made to find "leakers" in the Plame Wilson Scandal.